PACK EXPO 2010 — Report — Member Reactions

The RPA spon­sored the first-ever Reusable Pack­ag­ing Pavil­ion at this year’s PACK EXPO in Chicago, Octo­ber 31 – Novem­ber 3. 13 mem­bers of the asso­ci­a­tion par­tic­i­pated in the pavil­ion show­cas­ing their prod­ucts, ser­vices and tech­nol­ogy. “The pur­pose of the RPA pavil­ion was to high­light the sig­nif­i­cant con­tri­bu­tions the reusable pack­ag­ing indus­try is mak­ing in today’s mar­ket­place,” said Jerry Wel­come, RPA pres­i­dent. This was a per­fect oppor­tu­nity for our mem­bers to demon­strate the sus­tain­able envi­ron­men­tal, social and eco­nomic ben­e­fits of reusable pack­ag­ing to a broad-based pack­ag­ing audi­ence,” he added.

The show attracted more than 44,000 par­tic­i­pants from all over the world. This was the first time that RPA brought together all its exhibit­ing mem­bers in one location.

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With more than 1600 exhibitors it is very dif­fi­cult for end users to iden­tify or find solu­tion providers for a par­tic­u­lar pack­ag­ing prob­lem. The beauty of the pavil­ion was RPA brought all their solu­tion providers together in one easy to find loca­tion in the Lake­side build­ing at McCormick Place.

Exhibitors also brought knowl­edge­able staff mem­bers along to answer ques­tions and help first time buy­ers make informed deci­sions right there on the show floor.

The RPA also spon­sored a com­pli­men­tary Fun­da­men­tals of Reusable Pack­ag­ing Work­shop for end users to pro­vide them with help­ful infor­ma­tion and direc­tional tools to guide them through the first stages of imple­ment­ing a reusable pack­ag­ing sup­ply chain solu­tion. The RPA is com­mit­ted to increas­ing the use of reusable pack­ag­ing solu­tion in the marketplace.

For infor­ma­tion about mem­ber­ship in the RPA or to find out how you can exhibit in upcom­ing shows in an RPA Pavil­ion con­tact: Jerry Wel­come (jwelcome@reusables.org) or call (703) 224‑8284.